Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, had undergone heart surgery last March 3 at King Edward VII Hospital. On Tuesday, March 9, Bing declares him dead in their search engine results.
It has been up for a few hours now that Bing declares Prince Philip dead by 2021 through their results information box.
Microsoft Bing, formerly known as simply 'Bing,' is a web search engine operated and owned by Microsoft. Previous search engines under Microsoft also include Live Search and MSN Search. The engine is developed using ASP.NET.
Bing is a popular and powerful search engine second only to Google in article research. Launched on June 3, 2009, with over 11 years of runtime, Bing provides real-time services and accurate news information, until now.
The search engine currently claims that Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has died in King Edward VII hospital.
Bing Show the Following Results
This result displays in the primary info-box on the right section of your screen when you search up "Prince Philip" or "Duke of Edinburgh."
A blog entry from MSPU gives us an image of the search engine's result.
However, Buckingham's Palace gives a public statement that the Duke of Edinburgh is alive and well. As quoted from the news in The Telegraph dated March 5, "... Following the Duke of Edinburgh's successful procedure at St Bartholomew's Hospital on Wednesday, His Royal Highness has been transferred to King Edward VII's Hospital this morning. The Duke is expected to remain in hospital for continuing treatment for a number of days."
There has been a change in results over these last few hours, and currently, if you search "Prince Philip" or "Duke of Edinburgh," Bing's results will provide you with an info-box like this:
The textbox "Died 2021 King Edward VII Hospital," has been removed. However, a new info line has been replaced with "Lived: 10/06/1921 -2021." Textbox format like this often denotes the birth date - death date format.
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Does this confirm that Prince Philip is dead?
Prince Philip, the nation's longest-serving consort, was known to support his wife as a sovereign of the kingdom. By August 2, 2017, the Duke of Edinburgh had officially retied his royal duties.
Prince Philip has undergone heart surgery after being admitted approximately three weeks ago. The old duke has been suffering from a pre-existing heart condition since back in 2011.
He was treated at Papworth Hospital at Cambridgeshire and diagnosed with a blocked coronary artery.
His later admissions' exact details were not disclosed to the public but confirmed to be unrelated to coronavirus. Both Prince Philip and the Queen were vaccinated against the virus on January 9, 2021
It is said that The Duke of Edinburgh had undergone successful heart surgery at Bartholomew's Hospital last Wednesday, March 3.
By March 5, the statement of Prince Philip's successful operation had been announced. The full statement includes details on the duke remaining in King Edward VII's Hospital to continue his treatment for the next few days.
No further updates have been provided through rumors or official methods on the post-recovery conditions of the Duke.
It is not clear if this is the work of Bing's AI editor, misinformation, or facts that the palace has not confirmed.
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Written by Czarina Grace Del Valle
